UK energy firm CEO, Wiz CEO, Political figures and parties in France, Argentina and South…
The article describes deepfakes and provides advice on how to spot them. It mentions some incidents: A UK energy firm CEO was tricked into transferring money after receiving a call from a deepfake of his boss's…
- Incident date
- Nov 2025
- Target
- UK energy firm CEO, Wiz CEO, Political figures and parties in France, Argentina and South Africa.
The article describes deepfakes and provides advice on how to spot them. It mentions some incidents: A UK energy firm CEO was tricked into transferring money after receiving a call from a deepfake of his boss's voice. Scammers used a deepfake of Wiz CEO's voice to leave voicemails for employees. Fabricated news broadcasts emerged during the 2024 French legislative elections. Altered images and videos falsely portraying politicians spread during Argentina's 2023 primary elections. AI-generated videos depicted celebrities endorsing local political parties in South Africa's 2024 elections.